Hanger for brushes, brooms, etc.



y 19, i932 I w. T. CRAVEN 1,868,305 I une 26, 1928 INVZNTOZZ Gimme/z Patented July 19, 1932 WILLIAM 'r. CRAVEN, or PHILAIDELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA HANGER FOR BRUSHES, BROOMS, ETC.

Application filed June 26,

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a hanger for brushes, brooms, etc., and has for one of its objects to provide an exceedingly simple and effective device of this character which may be readily and quickly placed upon or removed from the handle of a brush or the like and when thereon may be used for hanging the article to which it is attached on a nail or simli-ar support.

Another object of the invention is to provide a hanger of the class mentioned including a split tubular barrel of rubber having oppositely disposed sockets, each ninety degrees from the split portion for the reception of the ends of a bail.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hanger for brushes and the like comprising a barrel of flexible material slipped longitudinally at one location and provided with protuberances, each ninety degrees from the split, said protuberanees having sockets for the reception of the ends'of a bail whereby the object to which the hanger attached may be suspended from a support.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements-hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the 2?: claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this application, in which:

' longitudinally at one location, as indicated at 6 whereby said barrel or tube may be opened and placed sidewise and over the handle 7 1923. Serial No. 288,523.

Byj openingthe tubular barrel slightly, it

can be moved along the handle easily because of the reduced contact surfaces. j j z The barrel being slipped also, makes it possible to use it ondifi'erent sized handles, for

instance,if the barrel is made'to accommodate a inch handle, it'mayalso be used on those of larger' dimensions. 1 I

By making the tube orbarrel of rubber, there will be sufficient friction'betweenits inner surface and the outer surface of the handle to prevent slipping unless considerable outside, pressure is brought to bear'thereon the barrel while having a straight opening therethrough has its exterior shaped in the form of a barrel in order that the center portion thereof may be thicker while it tapers to a comparatively thin edge at each end. This construction causes the central portion of the device to grip the broom-handle with greater pressure than the ends thereof and facilitates the insertion of the broom-handle therein since when the handle is being forced upward into the device the thin lower edges thereof will more readily flex outward.

On the outside of the barrel, in diametrically opposite locations, are formed a pair of protuberances 9 preferably midway the ends of the barrel and ninety degrees IEI'OlllthG split 6, and in these protuberances, are formed the sockets 10 for the reception of theinturned ends or trunnions 11 of the bail 12 which is preferably formed of wire. e The'wire bail is suificiently resilient to nor- 1 mally force the adjacent edges of the split together, thus assisting in holding the barrel firmly in its adjusted location on the handle.

In practice, the hanger may be readily and a quickly placed upon the handle of any article and just'as readily removed therefrom so that it'can be used on different articles or re- .5

placed on the same article after the user has finished with said article.

When the hanger is on the handle of the article, said article may then be suspended from a nail or other support by placing the 100 r split along a single line longitudinally to bail 12 over such support and if so suspended, the brush bristles will be kept in very good condition. 7 v

Ofcourse I do not Wish to be limited to the exact details of construction as herein shown, as these may be varied within the limits of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of *r'n-yinvention. V 7 Having thus fully described'my invention, What I claim as new and useful is 1. A device of the kind described compris;

ing a rubber barrel open from end to end and mit its application to or removal from the handle of an article, rctuberances formed on the exterior of said barrel at diametrical- 1y opposite points and ninety de rees on each side'of the split, said protuberances having .so'ckets therein and a resilient bailythe ends of which engage said sockets andas sist in holding the barrel on the article handle.

' v 2., A device of the character described, comprising asplijtrubbe'r ring, the body of which is thicker at the central portioni'than ,atthe ends thereof to give a firm grip upon a broomhandle while permitting the ready insertion of said handle into the ring, two 'bo's'ses formed with the body, saidbosses having recejs's'es therein-and a wire bail, the ends of which are adapted to enter said recesses.

' '7 I1; testimony whereof, I have hereunto atfixed my signature a WILLIAM T. CRAVEN. 

